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Book SynopsisThis book provides a first hand and complete information on orchid biotechnology for orchid lovers, graduate students, researchers and industry growers. It contains comprehensive genomics and transcriptomics data, and a thorough discussion of the molecular mechanism of orchid floral morphogenesis. The contributors to the book are all orchid enthusiasts with more than 20 years' experience in the field.With more than 25,000 species, orchids are the most species-rich of all angiosperm families. They show wide diversity of epiphytic and terrestrial growth forms and have successfully colonized almost every habitat on earth. Orchids are fantastic for their spectacular flowers with highly evolved petal, labellum, and fused androecium and gynoecium, gynostemium, to attract pollinators for effective pollination. In addition, orchids have attracted the interest of many evolutionary biologists due to their highly specialized evolution and adaptation strategies.Orchid Biotechnology III covers the most update knowledge of orchid biotechnology research on Phalaenopsis, Oncidium, Cymbidium, Anoectohilus, Paphiopedilum, and Erycina pusilla. It will provide graduate students, researchers, orchid lovers and breeders with an opportunity to understand the mechanism why the orchids are so mysterious and spectacular. Hopefully, this information will be helpful for breeders to enhance orchid breeding and create even more elegant and grace flowers.Table of ContentsThe Orchid Viruses Found in the 21th Century; Virus Resistance; Screening for Virus Free Using Multiplex RT-PCR and Microchip; Pathogenic Bacteria Resistance; Orchid Transformation; Low Ambient Temperature-Responsive and Tissue-Specific Micrornas; Comparative Chloroplast Genomic Analysis and Developing DNA Markers; Development of SSR Markers in Phalaenopsis Orchids; DNA Barcodes Derived from Plastid trnL Intron in Phalaenopsis Species; Polyploidy in Orchids; Model for Perianth Formation in Orchids; Delay of Flower Senescence and Abscission by FOREVER YOUNG FLOWER Homolog from Oncidium Orchid; Virus-Induced Gene Silencing for Functional Genomics Research in Orchids; Databases for Orchid Genomic and Transcriptomic Research; C/D-Class MADS-Box Genes on Orchid Gynostemium and Ovule Development; Flower Development of Phalaenopsis Orchid Involves Functionally Divergent B-Class and SEPALLATA-Like Genes; Three R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors Regulate Distinct Floral Pigmentation Patterning in Phalaenopsis Spp.; Promoter Studies of B-Class MADS-Box Genes for Phalaenopsis and Oncidium Floral Morphogenesis; Current Status of Genomics Research in Erycina Pusilla; Elevated Temperature Induces Floral Transition via Up-Regulation of Cytosolic Ascorbate Peroxidase 1 and Subsequent Reduction of the Ascorbate Redox Ratio in Oncidium Hybrid Orchid; Warm-Night Temperature Delays Spike Emergence and Alters Dawn-Dusk Changes in Carbon Pool Metabolism in the Stem and Leaves of Phalaenopsis Aphrodite; RNA Interference-Based Gene Silencing of Phytoene Synthase Impairs Growth; Carotenoids, and Plastid Phenotype in Oncidium Hybrid Orchid; Chromosome Pairing Affinities in Interspecific Hybrids Reflect Phylogenetic Distances Among Lady's Slipper Orchids (Paphiopedilum); Temperature Acclimation Before Shipping and Light Acclimation After Shipping Improve the Performance of Phalaenopsis After Prolonged Dark Shipping; LED Lights Manipulation to Speed Up Tissue Culture Mass Propagation in Phaleanopsis Orchid, Estimating Nuclear DNA Content within 50 Species of the Genus Phalaenopsis Blume (Orchidaceae); A de Novo Floral Transcriptome Reveals;

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Book SynopsisThe diversity and specialization in orchid floral morphology have fascinated botanists and collectors for centuries. In the past 10 years, the orchid industry has been growing substantially worldwide. This interesting book focuses on the recent advances in orchid biotechnology research since the last 10 years in Taiwan. To advance the orchid industry, enhancement of basic research as well as advanced biotechnology will provide a good platform to improve the flower quality and breeding of new varieties. Important topics covered include the new knowledge of basic genome, through floral morphogenesis, floral ontology, embryogenesis, micropropagation, to functional genomics such as EST, virus-induced gene silencing, and genetic transformation.

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Book SynopsisOrchid Biotechnology II presents a series of recent works on both basic and applied researches in biotechnology progress for Phalaenopsis and Oncidium orchids. These include the development of flower, ovule, gynostemium and perianth, the discovery of new orchid-infecting viruses and virus movement, secondary metabolites, technology of DNA endoduplication and genetic transformation, growth regulation by micronutrition and orchid mycorrhiza, and plant growth substances for flowering.The diversity and specialization in orchid floral morphology have fascinated botanists and collectors for centuries. The orchid industry has been growing substantially in the past ten years worldwide. This book focuses on the recent advances in the research of orchid biotechnology from the past ten years in Taiwan. To advance the orchid industry, enhancement of basic research as well as advanced biotechnology will provide a good platform to improve flower quality and breeding of new varieties.Table of ContentsMolecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Phalaenopsis Species (C-C Tsai); Endopolyploidy in Phalaenopsis Orchid and Its Application in Polyploid Breeding (W-H Chen et al.); Growth Responses and Changes of Active Components as Influenced by Elevations and Orchid Mycorrhizae on Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata (S-F Cheng et al.); Compositional Variation in the Polysaccharides of the Pseudobulb of Oncidium 'Gower Ramsey' during Different Stages of Inflorescence Development (K-W Yeh et al.); Coloration and Color Patterning in Floral Tissues of Oncidium Gower Ramsey (C-Y Chiou et al.); Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Pigments in Phalaenopsis Species (P-C Kuo et al.); Biosynthetic Pathway of Pigments in Phalaenopsis Species (P-C Kuo et al.); Biosynthetic Regulation of Floral Scent in Phalaenopsis (Y-Y Hsiao et al.); Warm- and Cool-Night Temperature Alter Carbon Dioxide Fixation Pattern and Biochemical Metabolism in Phalaenopsis Aphrodite (Y-C Tseng et al.); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisOrchid Biotechnology IV presents a series of recent work on both basic and applied researches in biotechnology progress for Phalaenopsis, Oncidium and Erycina pusila orchids. These include breeding of Phalaenopsis orchids of black flower, big-white flower and small and floriferous flowers, physiology for shipping and photosynthesis, SSR markers and mitochondrial DNA markers, virus detection and antiviral immunity, embyogenesis and relationship with mycorrhiza symbiosis, transposon and retrotransposon, orchid genome and evolution, regulation of orchid floral scent, floral color modification, and abiotic stress tolerance.The diversity and specialization in orchid floral morphology have fascinated botanists and collectors for centuries. The orchid industry has been growing substantially worldwide. To advance the orchid industry, enhancement of basic research as well as advanced biotechnology will provide a good platform to improve the flower quality and the breeding of new varieties. This book provides a first-hand and up-to-date information on orchid breeding, orchid genome evolution, detection of virus in nanotechnology, molecular markers for cultivar identification for orchid lovers, researchers and industry growers.

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Book SynopsisThe diversity and specialization in orchid floral morphology have fascinated botanists and collectors for centuries. In the past 10 years, the orchid industry has been growing substantially worldwide. This interesting book focuses on the recent advances in orchid biotechnology research since the last 10 years in Taiwan. To advance the orchid industry, enhancement of basic research as well as advanced biotechnology will provide a good platform to improve the flower quality and breeding of new varieties. Important topics covered include the new knowledge of basic genome, through floral morphogenesis, floral ontology, embryogenesis, micropropagation, to functional genomics such as EST, virus-induced gene silencing, and genetic transformation.Table of ContentsBreeding and Development of New Varieties in Phalaenopsis (C-Y Tang & W-H Chen); Embryo Development of Orchids (Y-I Lee et al.); In Vitro Morphogenesis and Micropropagation of Orchids (W-C Chang); Somaclonal Variation in Orchids (F-C Chen & W-H Chen); The Screening of Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi (OMF) and Their Application (D C N Chang); Analysis of the Orchid Genome Size Using Flow Cytometry (H-C Lee & T-Y Lin); The Cytogenetics of Phalaenopsis Orchids (Y-Y Kao et al.); Analysis of Chloroplast Genome of Phalaenopsis aphrodite (C-C Chang et al.); Analysis of Expression of Phalaenopsis Floral ESTs (W-C Tsai et al.); Orchid MADS-Box Genes Controlling Floral Morphogenesis (W-C Tsai et al.); Pseudobulb-specific Gene Expression of Oncidium Orchid at the Stage of Inflorescence Initiation (J Tan et al.); Application of Virus-induced Gene Silencing Technology in Gene Functional Validation of Orchids (H-C Lu et al.); Genetic Transformation as a Tool for Improvement of Orchids (Sanjaya & M-T Chan).

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